. . . Yes, people follow two paths, both of which are deviated from the straight line, and one of them is more astray than the other.

The Shaykh: ... Yes, people follow two paths, both of which are deviated from the straight line, and one of them is more astray than the other. One of these two paths is what is referred to as "My heart told me about my Lord"; meaning, in other words, unveiling (kashf). One may not learn; he might be illiterate, unable to read or write, yet he speaks about what is forbidden and what is lawful... Openings, what does Allah open up for him? This is the correct view; why? As one of their extremists said: "You take your knowledge from the dead, while we take knowledge directly from the Living who does not die, without an intermediary!!" And this means denying the Prophethood of the Messenger and his mission. There is no need for that talk that tells us about the Qur'an and the Sunnah. This is the first danger.
The other danger is that many people in this time, among the young and the educated, use their intellect as the criterion for distinguishing the authentic hadith from the weak one. So whatever he finds pleasing in a hadith, he considers it authentic, and whatever does not please him, he considers it a false, fabricated hadith. Both of these paths are, of course, deviated from the Book of Allah and the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); because Allah says: . He did not say: "Submit what comes to you from the Messenger to your intellects." This would be the case if intellects were in agreement; but how is it when they differ to the greatest extent? And in this way, religion becomes a matter of personal desire for these people, and personal desire is, without a doubt, misguidance; because if a person surrenders to his desire, he goes astray from the right path. So the Muslim's obligatory duty is to submit the leadership of his intellect, his thought, and his desire to Allah and to his Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Whoever follows this path will be among the saved sect, otherwise he is on the brink of a collapsing cliff.
This is a brief word about the path that every Muslim must follow in this life so that he may live, if Allah wills, a happy eternal life hereafter. Now, if you have any questions, we will listen to them and try to answer them, if Allah wills.